Author: Teresa Hartford

lucy activewear, inc. has closed a $20.3 million round of financing, with retailer Chico's FAS, Inc. joining existing investors Lone Pine Capital, Maveron LLC, Oak Investment Partners, and Sutter Hill Ventures in the series G financing. Chico's

VF Corp. said the second quarter is the slowest sales period for The North Face, so the Outdoor Coalition had to rely on acquisition strength for most of its sales growth in the period. The Imagewear group also relied on acquisitions for revenue gains in

Specialty Sport Ventures LLC, which is owned by the former owners of Gart Sports, has struck a deal to acquire six northern California Any Mountain stores out of bankruptcy. The deal is expected to close August 1. Any Mountain Ltd., which filed for Chapt

Oakley, Inc. posted a strong Q2 with record sales beating street estimates and gross margin improvements from better product margins helping to bolster the bottom line. New product offerings from the company showed remarkable sell-through, prompting COO

Stable. Strong. Healthy. From the largest conglomerate to the smallest family-owned specialty manufacturers, those are the words paddlesports executives have used to describe the market. The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market will open with paddlesports manuf

Black Diamond Equipment and Scarpa, two brands that have practically been interchangeable over the past two decades, have terminated their longtime working relationship. The decision will be effective at the end of 2005. Scarpa will begin anew in the U.S.

Lafuma has had a difficult quarter following the acquisition of Oxbow with a slow market at retail and a “notable” drop in sales of camping furniture, one of the company’s mainstays. Including sales contributed by the new Oxbow business, Lafuma revenues i

Antoine Lavigueur of East Coast Apparel and John Phaneuf of Phaneuf Sports Marketing have formed a partnership and combined the two agencies to form East Coast Action Sports…